Montreal,

The stairs to the put in

The stairs to the put in
Photo of Bryan Foster by Stacy Foster @ 500cfs

River Description

Extremely scenic play run. It's hard to believe you are in the Midwest when you are in the canyon.
Put-in is down a steep set of 138 stairs.

At the put-in, you will look upstream at Saxon Falls. Depending upon the flow, you will see one, two, or three 'fingers' of falls dropping over a massive rocky precipice. Note: Saxon Falls first known descent took place on April 23rd, 2007 by Tao Berman, Josh Bechtel and Eric Boomer.

After taking out at Hwy.122, boaters may find it interesting to look at the rapids and falls downstream, including the final plunge, Superior Falls. Tao Berman made the first known descent of this falls (aptly for an episode of "Stunt Junkies"), dropping into the river above the falls out of a helicopter "to prove it could be done" (and because Tao and his crew can).
See the episode: Tao_Berman_Hucks_Superior_Falls.

For additional description, see Upper Midwest PaddleGuide

For additional photos, see Midwest River Inventory

AW members may click here for Part 2 of an article from the AW Journal, way back in 1981!
(AW members may also click here for Part 1 of the article).

In addition to this reach, the article also describes the following:
Michigan's
Upper Presque Isle,
Lower Presque Isle,
Middle Black,
Lower Black,
Upper Silver,
Lower Silver,
Falls, and
Rock,
and Wisconsin's
Lower Brunsweiler, and
Montreal, W.Fk..